Gamification with Unity 5.x
Build exhilarating gaming experiences using a wide range of game elements in Unity 5.x
Published on 8. July 2025
328 pages
978-1-78646-224-4 (ISBN)
Description
Build exhilarating gaming experiences using a wide range of game elements in Unity 5.x
Key Features
[*] Achieve your goals in a fun-filled way by creating gamification projects from scratch
[*] Leverage the Unity 5.X toolkit to create stunning and appealing projects
[*] Make your transition towards a pro project manager/ developer by learning tricks and techniques
Book DescriptionAre you looking at implementing gamification techniques for your business and wondering where to get a complete rundown of all the tricks and techniques? Well, you have come to the right place! This book will start right from the basics such as gameplay elements and their functionalities before gradually moving onto creating your first gamification project from scratch. You'll be given the tools and shown how to perform various techniques for creating gamified applications in different contexts. Finally, you will implement various game elements into Unity, publish your own task management application, and get to know the best practices and approaches when designing gamified experiences.What you will learn
[*] Assess your learners' abilities by setting up challenges and quests
[*] Implement the game elements that relate to the project into Unity
[*] Publish your own task management application to better engage readers
[*] Improve your design using methods of playtesting and iteration
[*] Issue OpenBadges to recognize achievements and set up an online database to store your users achievements.
Who this book is forIf you are a project manager, game developer, or programmer who wants to create successful end-to-end gamification projects from scratch, then this is the book for you. You do not need any previous experience of working with Unity 5.X. All the details required to make the most of gamifying your projects are provided in the book.
Key Features
[*] Achieve your goals in a fun-filled way by creating gamification projects from scratch
[*] Leverage the Unity 5.X toolkit to create stunning and appealing projects
[*] Make your transition towards a pro project manager/ developer by learning tricks and techniques
Book DescriptionAre you looking at implementing gamification techniques for your business and wondering where to get a complete rundown of all the tricks and techniques? Well, you have come to the right place! This book will start right from the basics such as gameplay elements and their functionalities before gradually moving onto creating your first gamification project from scratch. You'll be given the tools and shown how to perform various techniques for creating gamified applications in different contexts. Finally, you will implement various game elements into Unity, publish your own task management application, and get to know the best practices and approaches when designing gamified experiences.What you will learn
[*] Assess your learners' abilities by setting up challenges and quests
[*] Implement the game elements that relate to the project into Unity
[*] Publish your own task management application to better engage readers
[*] Improve your design using methods of playtesting and iteration
[*] Issue OpenBadges to recognize achievements and set up an online database to store your users achievements.
Who this book is forIf you are a project manager, game developer, or programmer who wants to create successful end-to-end gamification projects from scratch, then this is the book for you. You do not need any previous experience of working with Unity 5.X. All the details required to make the most of gamifying your projects are provided in the book.
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Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
File size
19,01 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78646-224-4 (9781786462244)
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Lauren S. Ferro
Gamification with Unity 5.x
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11/2016
Packt Publishing
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Ferro Lauren S. :
Lauren S. Ferro has a Ph.D. in player profiling and modeling. She is currently an Adjunct Professor and researcher at Sapienza University, in Rome. Lauren is also the co-organizer of the Unreal Engine Meetup in Rome. In addition, she created the game design resource, Gamicards, which is a prototyping tool for game experiences. At heart, she is intrigued by how we interact with the world and those in it.
Lauren S. Ferro has a Ph.D. in player profiling and modeling. She is currently an Adjunct Professor and researcher at Sapienza University, in Rome. Lauren is also the co-organizer of the Unreal Engine Meetup in Rome. In addition, she created the game design resource, Gamicards, which is a prototyping tool for game experiences. At heart, she is intrigued by how we interact with the world and those in it.
Content
Table of Contents
The anatomy of games
Who or what am I? Understanding the player
An engaged player is a happy player
An organized chaos - getting ideas out of your head and on to paper
Sculpting the conceptual beast
Breathing life to your first creation: creating and importing assets for your application
Get your motor running
Break, destroy and rebuild - the art of playtesting and iteration
Graduating your project to completion
Being the best that you can be!
The anatomy of games
Who or what am I? Understanding the player
An engaged player is a happy player
An organized chaos - getting ideas out of your head and on to paper
Sculpting the conceptual beast
Breathing life to your first creation: creating and importing assets for your application
Get your motor running
Break, destroy and rebuild - the art of playtesting and iteration
Graduating your project to completion
Being the best that you can be!
